I have a function that returns JSON, and the return type is this:
map[string]interface{}
In my particular case, I know that the returned JSON looks like this:
{
"someNumber": 1,
"someString": "ee",
"someArray": [
"stringInArray",
{
"anotherNumber": 100,
"anotherString": "asdf",
"yetAnotherString": "qwer"
}
]
}
I want to get the value of "stringInArray" and also "anotherString". I've searched for solutions for example from Go by Example and blog.golang.org but I've not been successful.
For example, given that res is the json returned from the function call, I tried this (from the go blog):
var f interface{}
b := []byte(`res` )
err2 := json.Unmarshal(b, &f)
if err2!=nil{
log.Fatalf("Err unmarshalling: %v", err2)
}
m := f.( map[string]interface{} )
for k, v := range m {
switch vv := v.(type) {
case string:
fmt.Println(k, "is string", vv)
case int:
fmt.Println(k, "is int", vv)
case []interface{}:
fmt.Println(k, "is an array:")
for i, u := range vv {
fmt.Println(i, u)
}
default:
fmt.Println(k, "is of a type I don't know how to handle")
}
}
(I know the above would not do exactly what I want but it is a start.)
But when code execution hits b := []byte(res
), I get this error:
Err unmarshalling: invalid character 'r' looking for beginning of value
What is the most efficient method / best practice for obtaining the values? I'm open to any solution, not necessarily the approach above.
@sydnash Here is the code I promised in my response to your comment:
type LoginResponse2 struct {
id float64
jsonrpc string
result struct {
token string
details struct {
a float64
b string
c float64
}
}
}
var resStruct2 LoginResponse2
// Convert result to json
b, _ :=json.Marshal(res)
fmt.Println( string(b) )
// results of Println:
{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":[ "myToken",{"a":someNumber,"b":"some string","c":someOtherNumber} ] }
// Unmarshall json into struct
err2 := json.Unmarshal(b, &resStruct2)
if err2 != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error unmarshalling json: %v", err)
}
fmt.Println("Here is json unmarshalled into a struct")
fmt.Println( resStruct2 )
// results of Println
{0 { {0 0}}}